 | | AWESOME BIGLEY BASEBALL ASSOCIATION KANSAS CITY MONARCHS AT ST. LOUIS BROWNS 08/16/2005 |  | | | | |
 | | AWESOME BIGLEY BASEBALL ASSOCIATION | | KANSAS CITY MONARCHS AT ST. LOUIS BROWNS | | GAME ID: 951 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 2005 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kansas City Monarchs (43-76) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | | St. Louis Browns (70-49) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 | 9 | 0 | | |  | |
| Browns Beat Monarchs, 8-5 | With designated hitter Wes Covington leading the charge, the St. Louis Browns defeated the Kansas City Monarchs, 8-5, at Sportsman's Park. Covington was 2 for 4 with 2 home runs, while adding 3 RBI and scoring twice. The winning pitcher was Cliff P Lee. He's now 17-9. He went 8 innings, allowing 5 runs on 8 hits for the Browns. St. Louis, at 70-49, is 11 games up in the Junior Circuit Fernando.
Covington belted 2 home runs. He drove in 3 runs and scored twice against the Monarchs. In the bottom of the first inning, he hit a 2-run home run that put St. Louis in front, 2-0.
"Like I've always said, I'm the straw that stirs the drink," Covington said (again).
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| KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE | | ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE | |
BATTING
Doubles: W. English (7, 9th Inning off C. Lee, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: K. Stinnett (2, 7th Inning off C. Lee, 3 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: W. Cruise 2 , W. English 3 , A. Kaline 2 , K. Stinnett 4 , H. Manush , D. Lundy
2-out RBI: K. Stinnett
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Kaline , V. Wertz , H. Manush
GIDP: K. Stinnett
Hit by Pitch: D. Lyons
Team LOB: 5
FIELDING
Errors: D. Lundy (9) | | | BATTING
Doubles: J. Viox (27, 2nd Inning off T. Parrott, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: W. Covington 2 (7, 1st Inning off T. Parrott, 1 on, 2 outs; 3rd Inning off T. Parrott, 0 on, 0 outs) R. Maris (38, 7th Inning off R. Harrell, 0 on, 1 out) G. Jenkins (9, 7th Inning off R. Harrell, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Goodman , C. Torriente , W. Covington 8 , R. Maris 4 , R. Burleson , J. Viox 2 , G. Jenkins 4 , M. Colbern
2-out RBI: C. Torriente , W. Covington , J. Viox , G. Jenkins
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Maris
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING
CS: O. Smith (10)
FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Viox-Smith-Pastore) | | |
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| KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE | | ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA | | T. Parrott L (7-11) | 3.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 34 | 6.17 | | R. Harrell | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 48 | 7.59 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA | | C. Lee W (17-9) | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 116 | 88 | 3.53 | | F. Pastore | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3.72 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Wes Covington
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (81 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 9 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM CT
Time: 2:41
Attendance: 39946 |
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